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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK... WINDSOR COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT... LAMOILLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT... GRAND ISLE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT... CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT... ORLEANS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN VERMONT... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT... ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN VERMONT... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VERMONT... ADDISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT... RUTLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN VERMONT...

* UNTIL 545 AM EST THURSDAY

* AT 1142 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1.50 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH 200 AM WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE SCATTERED FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS, AND POTENTIAL MINOR FLOODING OF A FEW MAINSTEM RIVERS. THESE WOULD INCLUDE THE AUSABLE, MISSISQUOI, THE WINOOSKI, THE MAD AND THE OTTER CREEK.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CALEDONIA ... CHITTENDEN ... ESSEX ... FRANKLIN ... GRAND ISLE ... LAMOILLE ... ORANGE ... ORLEANS ... RUTLAND ... WASHINGTON ... WINDSOR

Instructions:

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. WHILE FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED, SHARP STREAM AND RIVER RISES ARE OCCURRING AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!